Chapter CLXXXVIII: Preface: (Author’s) to Book I. p. xxxix

—— Book II. p. 157. —— Book III. p. 375. —— Book IV. p. 423.

PRIDE (see HUMILITY), I. 31. 1, etc.; I. 39. 8; III. 20. 2. —— influence of, II. 22. 2, etc. —— its properties, III. 20. 1-4.

PRIDE—remedy against spiritual, II. 7. 7. —— spiritual, I. 42. 4.

PRIESTHOOD of Christ, II. 2. 15.

PRODIGAL Son, Parable of, II. 8. 2, etc.; II. 10. 7.

PROMISES, Divine—the chief source of the Christian’s consolation, II. 2.
1; II. 45. 6.

PROVIDENCE—a source of comfort, II. 45. 2; IV. Part I. Ch. 6. 16. —— of God; three things wherein it consists, IV. Part I. Ch. 6. 12. etc.

PSALMS—six, called Golden Songs, II. 43. 1. —— suited to various circumstances, II. 41. 12. —— the Penitential, I. 4. 9, note.

PUNISHMENTS, Future—eternity of, I. 7. 5.

PUNISHMENTS, Temporal, II. 8. 9; II. 8. 13.

R.

RATIONALISTS, INTROD. § 40.

RECONCILIATION to our neighbor, I. 29. 1, 2. —— enforced by three arguments, II. 4. 4. a. b. c. —— the terms of, I. 29. 14.

REFUGE, Cities of, I. 21. 15, 16.

REGENERATION (see NEW BIRTH)—by divine goodness, II. 9. 3. —— how effected, I. 3. 4. —— in what it consists, I. 3. 7; II. 9. 1, etc. —— its necessity, I. 41. 27. —— men invited to, II. 9. 4. —— produced by divine threatenings, II. 9. 2. —— whence it proceeds, I. 3. 11, 12.

REMISSION of Sins—follows repentance, I. 8. 12, 16. —— is not granted without repentance, I. 34. 12.

RENEWAL in Christ, I. 3. 5. —— continued, I. 22. 4, etc.

REPENTANCE (see CONVERSION)—a quality of it, I. 29. 16. —— daily, I. 20. 10. —— founded on humility, III. 20. 3. —— four properties of, II. 10. 1, etc. —— illustrations of, I. 21. 12; II. 8. 1, etc. —— its fruits, I. 42. 2; II. 9. 28. —— its necessity, I. 8. 1-15; I. 37. 10; I. 37. 22, 23. —— manner of, II. 9. 14. —— motives to, II. 9. 22, etc. —— the source of the Christian’s life, PREF. to Book I. 1.

REPENTANCE—what it is, I. 4. 1-11; I. 8. 2; I. 21. 10; II. 3. 1, etc. —— when it is unfeigned, II. 10. 14. —— without reconciliation and restitution, not acceptable to God, I. 29. 19.

RESURRECTION of Christ (see CHRIST), II. 25. 10; II. 57. 4. —— its fruit, II. 57. 11.

RESURRECTION of our bodies—a ground of comfort, II. 57. 3.

REVELATION—punishment of those who reject it, I. 7. 7, 8.

RIGHTEOUSNESS—by faith, II. 3. 8. —— whence it proceeds, I. 5. 8; II. 3. 4.

RIGHTEOUSNESS of Christ—made our own, II. 3. 6.

RIGHTEOUSNESS, Our—its foundation, I. 3. 9. —— whence it proceeds, II. 3. 1, etc.

S.

SAINTS—example given by them, II. 17. 4, 5; II. 17. 10; II. 44. 8; II. 52. 15; II. 54. 8. —— their constant practice, I. 20. 18. —— their example, a help in prayer, II. 38. 5-8. —— their example, a source of comfort, II. 45. 8. —— their temptations, II. 52. 2, etc.

SATAN—his character, I. 41. 22. —— his fall, I. 31. 7; II. 17. 9. —— his fiery darts, II. 52. 6. —— his image in man, I. 2. 3. —— his want of power, II. 53. 2, 3.

SCHWENKFELDT, INTROD. §§ 14, 24.

SCRIPTURES (see WORD)—their purpose, I. 6. 8, 9.

SEA, The—lessons taught by it, Ch. 5. 15.

SEEKING after God—two ways, III. 4. 1.

SELF-DENIAL, I. 4. 3; I. 14. 6; I. 15. 4, etc.; II. 7. 2; II. 10. 2; III.
23. 4.

SELF-LOVE, I. 31. 1, etc.; IV. Part II. Ch. 33. —— its actual result, IV. Part II. Ch. 31. —— its dangers, I. 14. 2, etc.; I. 31. 3; I. 31. 7; I. 14. 10. —— its evil fruits, IV. Part II. Ch. 37; Ch. 38; Ch. 40. —— its remedy, I. 31. 8. —— its source, I. 31. 6. —— the source of all evil, IV. Part II. 32. 2, 3. SELF—worship of, II. 23.

SERVETUS, INTROD. §§ 15, 16.

SIN (see ORIGINAL SIN; REMISSION)—never comes alone, I. 37. 18.

SLANDER, see CALUMNY.

SLOTH—to be shaken off, II. 5. 7.

SMALCALD Articles, INTROD. § 25.

SOLOMON’S throne, III. 5. 2.

SORROW for Sin (see GODLY sorrow)—its happy influence, I. 20. 7.

SORROW—worldly, and, godly, I. 40.

SOUL—its dignity, III. 7. 1; IV. Part I. 6. 18-24. —— its image shining forth originally in the body, I. 41. 7. —— its original holy nature, I. 41. 5. —— the habitation of the Holy Ghost, II. 35. 3. —— the things that instruct and comfort it, IV. Part II. Ch. 7.

SPIRIT and flesh (see HOLY SPIRIT)—conflict between them, I. 16. 2, etc.

STARS, The, IV. Part I. Ch. 4.

STRASBURG, INTROD. § 2.

SUBSTANCE of the Christian religion—is faith and love, I. 30. 1.

SUPPER, The Lord’s—wherein Christ gives us his body and blood, II. 10. 6;
III. 1. 4.

SYMBOL, what—INTROD. § 41, Note.

SYMBOLICAL Books, INTROD. §§ 22, 24, 25, 40, 41, 42; PREF. to Book I. 8;
Conclusion of Book II.

SYNERGISTIC Controversy, INTROD. §§ 15, 19.

T.

TALENTS—not they, but faith and love required, I. 32. 1, etc. —— why bestowed, I. 32. 4.

TAULER,—PREF. to Book I. 8; INTROD. § 29. —— quotations from, II. 53. 20; III. 1. 3. —— subject of his Sermons, I. 37. 16.

TEMPORAL things—design of their creation, I. 17. 1. —— loss of, I. 20, 21, 22. —— preference of, offensive to God, I. 18. 1, etc.

TEMPTATIONS, Spiritual—comforting instructions for those who labor under them, II. Ch. 52; II. Ch. 53; II. Ch. 54. —— God refreshes the weak in, III. 23. 3. —— not tokens of God’s anger, II. 53. 13. —— origin of, II. 52. 4-7. —— reasons why they are sent, II. 52. 7, etc.; II. 53. 4, etc.

TESTIMONY of the Spirit, II. 2. 9.

THEOLOGY—what it is, PREF. to Book I. 2.

THIRST—ours, and Christ’s, I. 36. 24.

THIRTY Years’ War, INTROD. § 22.

THOMAS á Kempis, PREF. to Book I. 8; INTROD. § 29.

TITUS, the Roman emperor, I. 27. 5.

TRINITY, Holy—benefits conferred by, II. 29. 10. —— dwelling in the hearts of believers, III. 1. 1.

TREASURE, Internal—means of attaining it, III. Ch. 1. —— of the believer, III. Ch. 1. —— what it is, and on what it depends, III. Ch. 3.

U.

UNBELIEF—its fruits, I. 37. 4.

UNION with Christ—of the highest necessity, II. 6. 3.

UNION with God, II. 6. 1. —— a property of true repentance, II. 10. 15. —— its necessity, II. 28. 4.

V.

VANITY and emptiness of man, II. 23. 1.

VENGEANCE of God—set forth by Moses, II. 32. 7, 8.

VICE—abounding among Christians, I. 7. 6.

VINCENT, ST., II. 45. 8.

VIRTUE—false love of, II. 24. 9.

W.

WARFARE, Spiritual—an encouraging evidence, I. 16. 11. —— even in the godly, I. 16. 7.

WATERS—separated from the land, the work of the Third Day, IV. Part I. Ch. 3. —— they, and their productions, IV. Part I. Ch. 5.

WEIGEL, INTROD. § 28.

WILDENHAHN, INTROD. §§ 10, 26, 30.

WILL of man—originally conformed to the will of God, I. 41. 6. —— what it now is, II. 6. 7.

WINE, IV. Part I. Ch. 3. 40-42.

WISDOM—how to be acquired, II. 5. 1.

WOMAN of Canaan, The, III, 5. 1.

WORD of God (see SCRIPTURES)—its graciousness and efficacy, I. 36. 20, 21. —— not a dead letter, I. 6. 2. —— reading, etc., it, a protection against calumny, II. 17. 7. —— who reject it, I. 38. 8.

WORD and Sacraments—means of grace, II. 9. 7. —— strengthen faith, II. 51. 16. —— their design, I. 38. 1.

WORKS—how judged, I. 33. 1; II. 5. 6. —— how they may be rendered acceptable to God, III. Ch. 22. —— their source must be faith, I. 33. 4; II. 22. 1. —— they cannot justify, I. 5. 6. —— worth, their, how to be judged, II. 4. 5.

WORKS, Good—God alone the Author, I. 21. 21.

WORLD—its vanity, II. 57. 17, etc. —— necessity of withdrawing from it, I. 23. 2. —— relinquishing it, I. 20. 25.

WORLDLY pleasures—drive away the Holy Spirit, III. Ch. 18.

WORLDLY society, I. 23. 5, etc.

WORSHIP, True—of God, I. 21. 3, etc. —— required, on our own account, I. 21. 21, 22. —— seated in the heart, I. 21. 19; I. 26. 3. —— three things belonging to it, I. 21. 5. —— wherein it consists, I. 26. 2.

Y.

YOKE of Christ, I. 4. 6; I. 11. 13.

FOOTNOTES

1 A very accurate and interesting “Life of John Arndt,” was published
in English by Rev. Dr. J. G. Morris, of Baltimore, in 1853, which
presents the principal events that belong to Arndt’s history, and
furnishes a faithful portraiture of his personal character.
Wildenhahn’s work, admirably translated by Rev. G. A. Wenzel, now of
Pittsburg, Pa., was published as a serial in the “Lutheran and
Missionary,” about three years ago. This work, in a permanent form,
would be a rich addition to our English religious literature.

2 The first Latin translation, published at Leipsic in 1704, was
prepared by the joint labors of Dr. J. G. Dorscheus and Dr. J. G.
Pritius. (The latter published about the same time his _Introductio
in lectionem N. T._, etc., which was highly valued, and passed
through several editions; our own copy is dated 1737.) An extended
Preface was furnished by Pritius. The whole is presented in a single
and very clumsy volume.—The Latin translation published by Mr. Boehm
in London, 1708, and dedicated to his patron, Prince George,
appeared in two neat and convenient volumes, and is far superior to
the continental edition. Copies of these editions, which are now
rarely to be found, were obtained by us from the very rich
collection of such works, belonging to Rev. Dr. C. P. Krauth, of
West Philadelphia.

3 The term “Symbol”—a word derived from the Greek—was applied, at a
very early period of the Christian Church, by Greek-speaking
Christians, to the “Apostles’ Creed,” in the sense of a “token or
mark of recognition.” He who knew and adopted that Creed, viewed
thus as _a symbol_, was recognized as a Christian; he who knew it
not, or who rejected it, was not a Christian, but a Jew or heathen.
After diverse creeds had been formed and adopted in the course of
time, the word SYMBOL was retained, as applicable to a particular
_creed_ or _confession of faith_. Hence the term “Symbols,” or its
equivalent, “Symbolical Books,” was gradually applied to the several
Lutheran Creeds which Arndt mentions with such reverence and love,
as we have seen above.

4 [These are Psalms, 6; 32; 38; 51; 102; 130; 143.]

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